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Basically, at this point, your only saving grace would be multiple Hauppauge HD-PVR capture devices. These capture the component signal, but would essentially solve the distribution hell of doing HDMI switching.

However, since these devices are still relatively new, the driver is still in development. I do not have any of these devices here, so I can't attest to the stability of the current driver in Janne's mercurial repository.

eh... maybe i'll just go with 2 pvr150's with cable feed and ir emitter to the front of the 2 STB's g100 and then have all the other STBs distribute with the rest of the a/v equipment through my ACA-E5 http://www.russoundsphere.com/acae5.html it has RS-232 control systems so i should have no problem controlling it with linuxmce? correct?

and using the ir receivers in the keypads to control linuxmce MD OSD's in each zone??

I would suggest you don't want to run component over those kinds of distances. In fact you don't want to run HD across any analogue technology. If you insist, then get graphics cards that already have component outs, don't convert analogue to analogue. If you are determined to keep the MD's away from their respective Entertainment Areas (although I still don't see a good reason) then I strongly suggest you follow Totallymaxed's advice - he and his company do this type of thing all the time, professionally, so he knows what he is talking about! Pity you are in Rhode Island and not Essex, he would have been able to do the work for you

I would suggest you don't want to run component over those kinds of distances. In fact you don't want to run HD across any analogue technology. If you insist, then get graphics cards that already have component outs, don't convert analogue to analogue. If you are determined to keep the MD's away from their respective Entertainment Areas (although I still don't see a good reason) then I strongly suggest you follow Totallymaxed's advice - he and his company do this type of thing all the time, professionally, so he knows what he is talking about! Pity you are in Rhode Island and not Essex, he would have been able to do the work for you

Your right Colin Essex is too far from RI ;-)...happy to help/advise from afar via the forum though.

... however it looks like tkmedia and tschak are reasonably local and could get involved directly if emachala was interested in that...and If I was him I would go that route for sure.

Maybe he wants to hire Tschak909 for 4 hour inspection tour. It probably is the best 1000USD Eric had spend on his installation. At the end Eric will know exactly what works, what does not work, and what should be done.

lol thanks for the offer but everything humanly possible is already run to each location so i can go either option... I have decided after some tests that Andrew is absolutely correct and utilizing my 2-6e's for hdmi 1 5e for usb hub to each tv is great..... Also

I know Media Director HDMI is just Video but Cable box is HD video and audio .... can i separate the cable box audio because russound sphere will have to distribute the audio for cable boxes and media directors to each zone ....

Maybe he wants to hire Tschak909 for 4 hour inspection tour. It probably is the best 1000USD Eric had spend on his installation. At the end Eric will know exactly what works, what does not work, and what should be done.

Maybe he wants to hire Tschak909 for 4 hour inspection tour. It probably is the best 1000USD Eric had spend on his installation. At the end Eric will know exactly what works, what does not work, and what should be done.

Maybe i can hire you as tech later down the line...

Eric,

with lmce preparation beforehand is key to success, and saves a BUNCH of time and money. "If I knew than what I know now..." I could have saved myself a lot of hassle, and a lot of false money spending.

And it is not me, as I am not nearly as qualified. I do not know of anyone else than Thom, that *I* would hire to get things done.

HDMI mobo's coming in tomorrow will start to build the systems in a portable rack for testing prior to integration later into my home...

What alarm system/panel is best .... can i use any panel with rj45 connector setup for communication?

Andrew ... thanks for all your help.... im gonna run the hdmi inputs to each plasma 2 6e to hdmi and and additional 6e like you said for a usb so i can add each plasma's rs232 commands to orbiters .... Im going to do as you say and leave the cable boxes completely out of the equation and just control them with linuxmce..... Im to transfer my service from cox to our new fiber optic service provider verizon fios... (just fiber to the side of the house) coaxial to cablemodem .....

Im not sure how to interface with the fios boxes yet.... since all the boxes are in the media rack next to the core and MD rack... should i just use a gc100 or two as needed.... in case of interface issues ?? Besides im sure there are other devices that use ir that gc100 can solve... even my hdmi 2-1 switch is ir remote with port....

Core system and the Media director for the home theater room are CPU AMD|A64 X2 7750 AM2 with nvidia hmdi and 7.1 audio on board with 8 gig of ram in each the core with 4tb internal sata and 3tb usb and the MD home theater is disk-less.... those two systems good? the other 6 media directors diskless will be 6 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 2 or 4 gig in each?? all are NIB parts and being built for my houses linuxmce intergration...